Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Li'l Flora Here, Li'l Fauna There

This little guy has been singin' his heart out everyday for at least a week now. He's been flyin' in and out of our firethorn bush, perchin' on a fence post and singin' like there's no tomorrow. Surely it's springtime in the South.Speakin' of the South, the Confederate Violets are bloomin' now but only on the southern side of the house. Hmm...wonderin' if that has something to do with their name.We have mourning doves all year long, a familiar sight for us. The tree is a sugar maple. No nest building yet, but the bluebirds continue to check on their lodging everyday. Seems to be okay with them.I have a small collection of bird books, and one of my favorites is this old Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music. The copyright is 1904. It's the only one I have that has musical notations along with the drawings of the birds. Finally, the creeping phlox is in full bloom.I should be doin' a little spring cleanin' now.
Have a super week, Y'all. :)

Blog surfing this morning and came across your site.Beautiful photos!! I am looking out my window here in MN to see a slushy white snow covering. Nice to see others have made it to the spring weathere.

We had many a violet like that in our yard, growing up in Maryland, but nobody ever called'em Confederates. Maybe because Maryland stayed neutral in the war? (The Feds arrested half the legislature so they couldn't vote to secede; troops protecting DC were stationed on Maryland soil.)

Okay, now, question for you: looking at Amazon, I found a 1904 copy, and there's a 2007 reprinting; do I need to buy the 2007 one to get color pictures?

So anyway, we had purple violets and white violets with purple centers.

It's Spring in West Virginia. I'm so excited. I purchased a raspberry bush. I will plant it tomorrow. I just know it's going to be great!! lol I've never had one before. I hope you don't have to have two to get them to produce.